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Table of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
Regional divisions of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
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Africa Region | Arab Region | Asia Pacific Region | Europe Region | Western Hemisphere Region |
Country | Member organization | Membership status | Membership (from 2003 or most recent) | Year Guiding organization joined WAGGGS | Year Guiding was introduced | Admits girls/boys |
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Antigua and Barbuda | The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda | full | 718 | 1984 | 1931 | girls-only |
Argentina | Asociación Guías Argentinas | full | 4,894 | 1958 | 1915 | both |
Armenia | National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia | associate | 1,002 | 2001 | 1988 | girls-only |
Aruba | Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde | associate | 185 | 1993 | 1941 | girls-only |
Australia | Guides Australia | full | 30,811 | 1928 | 1911 | girls-only |
Austria | Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs | full | 10,508 | 1957 | 1914 | both |
The Bahamas | The Bahamas Girl Guides Association | full | 2,303 | 1975 | 1915 | both |
Bahrain | The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain | full | 1,556 | 1981 | 1970 | girls-only |
Bangladesh | Bangladesh Girl Guides Association | full | 49,975 | 1973 | 1928 | girls-only |
Barbados | The Girl Guide Association of Barbados | full | 3,863 | 1969 | 1918 | girls-only |
Belarus | The Association of Belarusian Guides | full | 1,274 | 1996 | 1926 | girls-only |
Belgium | Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique | full | 57,966 | 1928 | 1915 | both |
Belize | The Girl Guides Association of Belize | full | 468 | 1987 | 1937 | girls-only |
Benin | Guides du Bénin | full | 1,533 | 1963 | 1954 | girls-only |
Bolivia | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Bolivia | full | 350 | 1966 | 1915 | girls-only |
Botswana | Botswana Girl Guides Association | full | 2,432 | 1969 | 1924 | girls-only |
Brazil | Federação de Bandeirantes do Brasil | full | 6,201 | 1930 | 1919 | both |
Brunei | Girl Guides Association of Brunei Darussalam | full | 1,623 | 1996 | 1951 | girls-only |
Burkina Faso | Association des Guides du Burkina Faso | full | 12,716 | 1972 | 1955 | girls-only |
Burundi | Association des Guides du Burundi | associate | 5,050 | 1972 | 1954 | girls-only |
Cambodia | Girl Guides Association of Cambodia | associate | 1,048 | 2002 | 1940 | girls-only |
Cameroon | Association des Guides du Cameroun | associate | 3,000 | 1972 | 1943 | girls-only |
Canada | Girl Guides of Canada | full | 149,387 | 1928 | 1910 | girls-only |
Central African Republic | Association Nationale des Guides de Centrafrique | full | 19,497 | 1963 | 1952 | girls-only |
Chad | Association des Guides du Tchad | associate | NA | NA | NA | girls-only |
Chile | Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile | full | 25,568 | 1957 | 1913 | both |
Republic of China | Girl Scouts of Taiwan | full | 28,105 | 1963 | 1919 | girls-only |
Colombia | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Colombia | full | 627 | 1954 | 1936 | girls-only |
Republic of the Congo | Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo | associate | 1,404 | 1957/1996 | 1927 | both |
Cook Islands | The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association | associate | 1,111 | 1993 | 1928 | girls-only |
Costa Rica | Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica | full | 1,799 | 1946 | 1922 | both |
Cyprus | Girl Guides Association of Cyprus | full | 3,476 | 1962 | 1912 | both |
Czech Republic | Junák | full | 20,654 | 1928/1990 | 1915 | both |
Denmark | Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark | full | 22,090 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
Dominica | The Girl Guides Association of Dominica | associate | 376 | 1987 | 1930 | girls-only |
Dominican Republic | Asociación de Guías Scouts Dominicanas | full | 588 | 1969 | 1961 | girls-only |
Ecuador | Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Ecuador | full | 225 | 1966 | 1919 | girls-only |
Egypt | Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides | full | 92,000 | 1931 | 1913 | girls-only |
El Salvador | Asociación de Muchachas Guías de El Salvador | full associate | 558 | 1960 | 1945 | girls-only |
Estonia | Eesti Gaidide Liit | full | 776 | 1928/1993 | 1919 | both |
Fiji | Fiji Girl Guides Association | full | 1,829 | 1981 | 1924 | girls-only |
Finland | Suomen Partiolaiset | full | 33,436 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
France | Scoutisme Français | full | 19,884 | 1928 | 1921 | both |
Gambia | The Gambia Girl Guides Association | full | 9,371 | 1966 | 1923 | girls-only |
Georgia | Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia' | associate | 925 | NA | NA | girls-only |
Germany | Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände | full | 47,523 | 1950 | 1912 | both |
Ghana | The Ghana Girl Guides Association | full | 7,700 | 1960 | 1921 | girls-only |
Greece | Soma Hellinidon Odigon | full | 9,789 | 1933 | 1932 | both |
Grenada | The Girl Guides Association of Grenada | associate | 760 | 1990 | 1925 | girls-only |
Guatemala | Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Guatemala | full | 980 | 1957 | 1934 | girls-only |
Guinea | Association Nationale des Guides de Guinée | associate | 640 | NA | NA | girls-only |
Guyana | Guyana Girl Guides Association | full | 819 | 1969 | 1922 | girls-only |
Haiti | Association Nationale des Guides d'Haïti | full | 782 | 1946 | 1942 | girls-only |
Honduras | Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Honduras | full | 2,482 | 1981 | 1953 | both |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Girl Guides Association | full | 44,098 | 1978 | 1916 | both |
Hungary | Magyar Cserkészlány Szövetség | associate | 512 | 1928/1993 | 1919 | girls-only |
Iceland | Bandalag Íslenskra Skáta | full | 2,002 | 1928 | 1922 | both |
India | The Bharat Scouts and Guides | full | 1,170,262 | 1948 | 1911 | both |
Republic of Ireland | Council of Irish Guiding Associations | full | 13,806 | 1932 | 1911 | girls-only |
Israel | Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel | full | 11,268 | 1957 | 1919 | both |
Italy | Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo | full | 83,601 | 1946 | 1912 | both |
Côte d'Ivoire | Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme Féminin | full | 4,000 | 1963 | 1937 | girls-only |
Jamaica | The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica | full | 4,912 | 1963 | 1915 | both |
Japan | Girl Scouts of Japan | full | 61,305 | 1952 | 1919 | girls-only |
Jordan | Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides | full | 9,480 | 1963 | 1938 | girls-only |
Kenya | Kenya Girl Guides Association | full | 120,805 | 1963 | 1920 | girls-only |
Kiribati | The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati | associate | 435 | 1990 | 1926 | girls-only |
South Korea | Girl Scouts of Korea | full | 78,365 | 1957 | 1946 | both |
Kuwait | Kuwait Girl Guides Association | full | 9,715 | 1966 | 1957 | girls-only |
Latvia | Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija | full | 621 | 1928/1993 | 1921 | both |
Lebanon | Fédération Libanaise des Eclaireuses et des Guides | full | 4,231 | 1955 | 1937 | girls-only |
Lesotho | Lesotho Girl Guides Association | full | 2,750 | 1978 | 1925 | girls-only |
Liberia | Liberian Girl Guides Association | full | 345 | 1928/1966 | 1920 | girls-only |
Libya | Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement | full | 4,766 | 1966 | 1958 | both |
Liechtenstein | Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins | full | 265 | 1948 | 1932 | both |
Luxembourg | Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg | full | 1,991 | 1928 | 1915 | both |
Madagascar | Skotisma Zazavavy eto Madagasikara | full | 24,719 | 1963 | 1941 | both |
Malawi | The Malawi Girl Guides Association | associate | NA | NA | NA | girls-only |
Malaysia | Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia | full | 61,718 | 1960 | 1916 | girls-only |
Maldives | Maldives Girl Guide Association | full | 6,029 | 1994 | 1962 | girls-only |
Malta | The Malta Girl Guides Association | full | 1,337 | 1966 | 1918 | girls-only |
Mauritania | Association des Scouts et Guides de Mauritanie | associate | 456 | 1996 | 1986 | both |
Mauritius | The Mauritius Girl Guides Association | full | 1,051 | 1975 | 1926 | girls-only |
Mexico | Guías de México | full | 1,410 | 1948 | 1930 | girls-only |
Monaco | Association des Guides et Scouts de Monaco | full | 23 | 1960 | 1929 | both |
Mongolia | Girl Scout Association of Mongolia | associate | 1,000 | 2005 | 1996 | girls-only |
Namibia | The Girl Guides Association of Namibia | full | 1,124 | 1993 | 1923 | girls-only |
Nepal | Nepal Scouts | full | 11,962 | 1978 | 1952 | both |
the Netherlands | Scouting Nederland | full | 56,998 | 1928/1981 | 1911 | both |
Netherlands Antilles | Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen | full | 461 | 1978 | 1930 | girls-only |
New Zealand | Guides New Zealand | full | 20,562 | 1928 | 1908 | girls-only |
Nicaragua | Federación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Nicaragua | associate | 86 | 1981 | 1940 | girls-only |
Nigeria | The Nigerian Girl Guides Association | full | 100,198 | 1960 | 1919 | girls-only |
Norway | Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon | full | 14,273 | 1928 | 1912 | both |
Oman | The National Organisation for Scouts and Guides | full | 9,965 | 1987 | 1972 | both |
Pakistan | Pakistan Girl Guides Association | full | 71,478 | 1948 | 1911 | girls-only |
Panama | Asociación de Muchachas Guías de Panamá | full | 751 | 1952 | 1950 | girls-only |
Papua New Guinea | Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea | full | 1,226 | 1978 | 1927 | girls-only |
Paraguay | Asociación Guías Scouts del Paraguay | full | 445 | 1966 | 1923 | both |
Peru | Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Perú | full | 4,178 | 1960 | 1916 | both |
Philippines | Girl Scouts of the Philippines | full | 671,267 | 1946 | 1919 | girls-only |
Poland | Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego | full | 86,591 | 1928/1996 | 1910 | both |
Portugal | Associação Guias de Portugal | full | 3,291 | 1963 | 1919 | girls-only |
Qatar | The Scout and Guide Association of Qatar | full | 1,916 | NA | NA | both |
Romania | Asociaţia Ghidelor şi Ghizilor din România | full | 627 | 1993 | 1928 | both |
Russia | Rossiskaya Assotsiatsia Devochek-Skautov | associate | 1,158 | 1999 | 1910 | girls-only |
Rwanda | Association des Guides du Rwanda | full | 9,807 | 1981 | 1962 | girls-only |
Samoa | Samoa Girl Guides Association | associate | 186 | 1996 | 1952 | girls-only |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | The Girl Guides Association of Saint Christopher and Nevis | associate | 436 | 1993 | 1931 | girls-only |
Saint Lucia | Girl Guides Association of Saint Lucia | full | 2,181 | 1984 | 1925 | girls-only |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Girl Guides Association of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | full | 1,162 | 1984 | 1914 | girls-only |
San Marino | Associazione Guide Esploratori Cattolici Sammarinesi | associate | 113 | 1993 | 1973 | both |
Senegal | Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal | full | 4,093 | 1981 | 1953 | both |
Sierra Leone | The Sierra Leone Girl Guides Association | full | 3,330 | 1963 | 1924 | girls-only |
Singapore | Girl Guides Singapore | full | 12,340 | 1966 | 1917 | girls-only |
Slovakia | Slovenský skauting | full | 3,210 | 1928/1990 | 1919 | both |
Slovenia | Združenje slovenskih katoliških skavtinj in skavtov | full | 3,868 | 1928/1996 | 1922 | both |
Solomon Islands | The Girl Guides Association of the Solomon Islands | associate | 569 | 1987 | 1949 | girls-only |
South Africa | The Girl Guides Association of South Africa | full | 20,466 | 1928 | 1910 | girls-only |
Spain | Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España | full | 7154 | 1959 | 1929 | both |
Sri Lanka | The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association | full | 23,133 | 1951 | 1917 | girls-only |
Sudan | The Sudan Girl Guides Association | full | 35,000 | 1957 | 1928 | girls-only |
Suriname | Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad | associate | 502 | 1972 | 1947 | girls-only |
Swaziland | The Swaziland Girl Guides Association | associate | 1,010 | 1969 | 1924 | girls-only |
Sweden | Svenska Scoutrådet | full | 51,718 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
Switzerland | Swiss Guide and Scout Movement | full | 20,702 | 1928 | 1913 | both |
Tanzania | The Tanzania Girl Guides Association | full | 17,233 | 1963 | 1928 | girls-only |
Thailand | The Girl Guides Association of Thailand | full | 28,030 | 1963 | 1957 | both |
Togo | Association des Guides du Togo | full | 2,495 | 1963 | 1942 | girls-only |
Tonga | The Girl Guides Association of the Kingdom of Tonga | associate | 204 | 1987 | 1952 | girls-only |
Trinidad and Tobago | The Girl Guides Association of Trinidad and Tobago | full | 3,065 | 1963 | 1914 | girls-only |
Tunisia | Les Scouts Tunisiens | full | 8,582 | 1996 | 1934 | both |
Turkey | Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu | full | 5,385 | 1972 | 1923 | both |
Uganda | The Uganda Girl Guides Association | full | 15,765 | 1963 | 1914 | girls-only |
Ukraine | Asotsiatsiya Haydov Ukrayiny | associate | 1,000 | 1999 | 1911/1992 | girls-only |
United Arab Emirates | Girl Guides Association of the United Arab Emirates | full | 5,640 | 1984 | 1973 | girls-only |
United Kingdom | Girlguiding UK | full | 555,420 | 1928 | 1909 | girls-only |
United States of America | Girl Scouts of the USA | full | 3,854,202 | 1928 | 1912 | girls-only |
Uruguay | Asociación Guías Scout del Uruguay | associate | 66 | 1966 | 1924 | both |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu Girl Guides Association | associate | 178 | 1990 | 1955 | girls-only |
Venezuela | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Venezuela | full | 996 | 1960 | 1958 | girls-only |
Yemen | Yemen Republic Girl Guides Association | full | 13,472 | 1990 | 1962 | girls-only |
Zambia | Girl Guides Association of Zambia | full | 11,000 | 1966 | 1924 | girls-only |
Zimbabwe | Girl Guides Association of Zimbabwe | full | 15,267 | 1969 | 1912 | girls-only |
Non-sovereign territories with independent WAGGGS member organizations
- Aruba - Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde: Associate Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Cook Islands - The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association: Associate Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Hong Kong - Hong Kong Girl Guides Association: Full Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Netherlands Antilles - Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen: Full Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Sovereign countries with Guiding run by another sovereign state
Girl Scouts of the USA
- Federated States of Micronesia - run by the Girl Scouts of the USA
- Marshall Islands - run by the Girl Scouts of the USA
- Palau - run by the Girl Scouts of the USA
Non-sovereign territories with Guiding run by a sovereign state
Denmark
- Faroe Islands - Føroya Skótaráð
- Greenland - Grønlands Spejderkorps
France
Guiding in the following areas is run by different French Scout associations:
- French Guiana - Scouting in French Guiana
- Guadeloupe and Saint Martin - Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin
- Martinique - Scouts de Martinique
- Mayotte - Scouting on Mayotte
- New Caledonia - Scouting in New Caledonia
- Réunion - Scouting on Réunion
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scouting in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Wallis and Futuna - Scouting in Wallis and Futuna
United Kingdom
- Anguilla - Anguilla branch of Girlguiding UK
- Bermuda - Girlguiding Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands branch of Girlguiding UK
- Cayman Islands - Cayman Islands branch of Girlguiding UK
- Falkland Islands - Falkland Islands branch of Girlguiding UK
- Gibraltar - Gibraltar branch of Girlguiding UK
- Montserrat - Montserrat branch of Girlguiding UK
- Saint Helena - Saint Helena branch of Girlguiding UK
- Turks and Caicos Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands branch of Girlguiding UK
United States
The following areas are administered by the Girl Scouts of the USA:
- American Samoa - Scouting in American Samoa
- Guam - Scouting in Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands - Scouting in the Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico - Scouting in Puerto Rico
- United States Virgin Islands - Scouting in the United States Virgin Islands
Countries working towards WAGGGS membership
"Working towards WAGGGS membership" is an official status by WAGGGS acknowledging the development of an association. As of 2005, six countries have this status:
- Albania - Shoqata e Guidave dhe Scoutëve në Shqipëri
- Democratic Republic of Congo - Association des Guides du Congo
- Iraq - Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council
- Lithuania - Lietuvos skaučių seserija
- Niger
- Palestinian National Authority - Girl Guides of Palestine
Countries with Guiding organizations, work towards recognition unclear
- Afghanistan - Afghan Scout Association (possibly coeducational or in single bodies)
- Algeria - Scouting in Algeria
- Azerbaijan - Association of Azerbaijan Girl Guides
- Kazakhstan - The Kazakh Guide Association
- Morocco - Scouting in Morocco
- Nauru - Scouting in Nauru
- Syria - Scouting in Syria
Former members of WAGGGS
- Cuba - Asociación de Guías de Cuba, last mentioned in 1969
- Ethiopia - last mentioned in 1984, now part of Ethiopia Scout Association
- Indonesia - Gerakan Pramuka left WAGGGS and joined WOSM in 2002
- Iran - Iranian Scouting, Girl Scout Section, last mentioned in 1979
- Myanmar - Union of Burma Girl Guides Associations, last mentioned in 1969
- Tuvalu - Girl Guides Association of Tuvalu, membership withdrawn in 2005
- Vietnam - Hội Huớng Đạo Việt Nam, last mentioned in 1973
See also
References
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (1997), Trefoil Round the World. Eleventh Edition 1997. ISBN 0-900827-75-0